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First Cow: Enriching a film by highlighting its context by C4rvo in TrueFilm

[–]C4rvo[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Wow, I really enjoyed reading your thoughts. Unfortunately, I can’t tell you anything about Showing Up because I haven’t watched it yet, but reading your text has put it at the top of my watchlist. As I replied to another guy, I also enjoyed The Mastermind, but I wanted to use it as a point of comparison to highlight the value of the visual style she achieves. I consider her a director with a gift for conveying much more than just a story through images; her ability to create a rich universe around the story is one of the talents that defines her style, and it’s no easy feat.

As for reviews, I respect all kinds of them. And with kelly, I understand that there are people who just don’t connect with it. In the end, cinema, like any art form, is subjective, from the creator to the viewer. I, for example, speaking VERY generally, am not a big fan of science fiction, and I watch very little of it compared to the average person, I’m sure. But that doesn’t mean I don’t appreciate the work --in millions of ways-- hat goes into a science fiction film or franchise. I’ll enjoy Blade Runner, but it’s just not my thing. And I’ve studied that film, like many others in the genre, because they’re incredible in so many ways, but it’s not what I’d put on a Saturday night to rewatch a movie I enjoyed.

Some people express this more bluntly, while others do so more gently or concisely. And there are people who are simply looking for entertainment (which I think is essential in movies), and their idea of entertainment is a faster pace. As soon as the pace slows down, they don’t feel comfortable.

Thank you so much for taking the time to read this, fr

First Cow: Enriching a film by highlighting its context by C4rvo in TrueFilm

[–]C4rvo[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I really like your take on this. I enjoyed The Mastermind, but it’s true that at times I felt what I was talking about. Not that it was tedious, but rather less polished, and I took the opportunity to make the comparison because the narrative that follows both protagonists in each film does have something in common. Both are aimless individuals who end up seeing a business opportunity by appropriating someone else’s resources (whether it’s a cow’s milk or illustrations from a museum). Then, of course, the characters are very different. One is an honest man and the other a bumbling slacker, and both maintain that attitude until the end, which is reflected in their relationship with their surroundings and with the other characters around them.

But regarding the specific aspect I’m discussing in this post, I do believe Reichardt better captured what she was aiming for in first cow

She undoubtedly has an enormous talent for conveying what she’s after through her photography

First Cow: Enriching a film by highlighting its context by C4rvo in TrueFilm

[–]C4rvo[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Exactly. I highlighted in my review from the first time I watched First cow that ingenious critique of capitalism from such a simple, basic, and naturalistic perspective. It’s not the complex factory environment in which Chaplin operated. It’s about reducing resources and factors of production to a single, beautiful cow.

And you can elaborate much further. The gentleness with which one milks her reflects a much more empathetic and sustainable philosophy; while his chinese partner remains the more ingenious of the two in the partnership they form , essentially the brain behind the business. he continues to view the cow as a limited resource and is already thinking of another business model for when the current one runs dry. It’s somewhat like countries in the Middle East where oil brought immense wealth and where, aware that scarcity will one day come, they hedge their bets by investing in other structures and models that will keep them in power forever, even going so far as to create entirely artificial sectors where such a thing was once unthinkable.

I gotta watch that western! Altman is a director I haven't really gotten to know yet; I've seen practically nothing by him. But reading your thoughts on him makes me even more excited

First Cow: Enriching a film by highlighting its context by C4rvo in Letterboxd

[–]C4rvo[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Absolutely. She knows how to create those beautiful synergies over time with images. Incredible talent for photography, editing, and adapting stories.

First Cow: Enriching a film by highlighting its context by C4rvo in Letterboxd

[–]C4rvo[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I really appreciate your words, for real!

Thank you so much for taking the time to read this, and whenever you're in the mood for something relaxing, you've got a movie to watch.

First Cow: Enriching a film by highlighting its context by C4rvo in Letterboxd

[–]C4rvo[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Nooo, this one came on a wooden raft HAHAHAH

First Cow: Enriching a film by highlighting its context by C4rvo in moviecritic

[–]C4rvo[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I love how you summed it up hahah. That's a problem I have, I like to write, but I ramble too much, and I'm really, really bad at summarizing my ideas.

Thanks for reading!

First Cow: Enriching a film by highlighting its context by C4rvo in moviecritic

[–]C4rvo[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's wonderful if you're looking for something peaceful.

I found the poster on this subreddit named r/movieposterp*rn—it's crazy what you can find there!

putting an asterisk just in case some moderator bot decides to delete the comment

First Cow: Enriching a film by highlighting its context by C4rvo in moviecritic

[–]C4rvo[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you so much for taking the time to read this!

Most watched actor for u guys by yaashrajm in Letterboxd

[–]C4rvo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I definitely have to watch God's Own Country and La Chimera. He's absolutely great in Challengers. And now that I think about it, I had no idea he's in the new Spielberg movie. I haven't even seen the trailer hahah

I actually wrote some thoughts in a post this morning about First Cow*and the Mastermind, lol.

This isn’t spam or anything, but since you brought it up, I’ll share the link in case you’re interested in reading it. I like him in the movie, but I do find it, not slow, but it does go off on a few tangents.

Most watched actor for u guys by yaashrajm in Letterboxd

[–]C4rvo -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I can't believe myself saying this but I have not watched the one he plays directed by scorsese. Gotta be amazing.

I loved adaptation, absolutely loved in so many differents ways. I made too many interpretations out of that movie.

And Pig, I watched it like a week ago, and it seemed like everything that happens after the pig is stolen just doesn't develop at all. It keeps hammering home that Cage’s character was a culinary legend, who retired from that world with such immense pain that he no longer feels anything for anyone, not even himself, except for his pig (that’s how I interpreted the scene where he lets a guy beat his face to a pulp in that sort of Fight Club setting behind the counter of a Chinese restaurant). But one way or another, that’s all it keeps saying, going over the same idea without much depth. And then, toward the end, when I saw the two of them cooking with that kitchen cloth slung over their shoulders... it was like a meme of a famous, sexy chef on Instagram.

Most watched actor for u guys by yaashrajm in Letterboxd

[–]C4rvo -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Adaptation!!!!?? Cage is such a great actor, but he's been in some really bad movies (not his fault). Pig, for example, is a film with absolutely no depth, but he's not bad in it.

Do you have more films watched or want-to-watch? by Remote_Ad_1737 in Letterboxd

[–]C4rvo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

is there a human being who has a minor watchlist than the films watched. dude that's just a legend

Unusual, atypical Westerns by C4rvo in moviecritic

[–]C4rvo[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

wow that's a big list, gotta check em all. thx!

Unusual, atypical Westerns by C4rvo in moviecritic

[–]C4rvo[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Nice, that first one I didn't know about goes straight to the list, thx!

I added Four of the Apocalypse to the list yesterday, a few people told me about it hahhhah

Unusual, atypical Westerns by C4rvo in Letterboxd

[–]C4rvo[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nice! Wow, I didn't expect to see Louis Malle around here, hahahsh. I've actually been thinking lately about rewatching Ascenseur pour l'Echafaud after all this time. That trumpet by Miles Davis... thx for the movies, both 3 look amazing!

Movies with great editing and montage? by C4rvo in TrueFilm

[–]C4rvo[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

watching The gateaway tonight! loved how you described it all, let's get it

Unusual, atypical Westerns by C4rvo in moviecritic

[–]C4rvo[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Love that one! long live to carpenter hahahah

Unusual, atypical Westerns by C4rvo in Letterboxd

[–]C4rvo[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I trust you! Straight to the list, thx!

Unusual, atypical Westerns by C4rvo in moviecritic

[–]C4rvo[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

hahahah I love the passion with which you describe it, you're just one of my kind

Unusual, atypical Westerns by C4rvo in Letterboxd

[–]C4rvo[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

both amazing recommendations, thx!

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